Can Inclusion Boost Box Office? Films With Diverse Leads Have More Success Domestically, New Study Shows
“Stories with underrepresented leads/co-leads make money. Period,” Dr. Stacy Smith, the report’s author, says
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Female Lead Roles in Films Reaches 13-Year High, Matches TV Representation for 2019
Annenberg Inclusion Initiative study finds that 43 of top 100 grossing movies had a woman as a lead or co-lead
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Golden Globes’ Female Director Snub Makes Awards ‘More Irrelevant,’ USC Inclusion Initiative Head Says
“It continues to perpetuate a lopsided view of talent that fosters the longevity of male directors over their female peers,” Stacy Smith says
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Eva Longoria to Deliver Keynote Address at Power Women Summit 2019
Actress-director-producer joins Hollywood’s largest gathering of change-makers Toward 50/50
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Women in Animated Films Make Up Only 17% of Lead Characters
Female producers and executives in animation exceed those in live action, report from USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative says
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Why We Created the Power Women Summit – The Road to 50/50 by 2020
TheWrap commits to gender equity among its film critics by January 1
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Innovators List 2018: 12 Hollywood Disrupters, From Kenya Barris to Xumo
TheGrill 2018: We honor some of the industry’s most revolutionary new figures
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Female Filmmakers Share War Stories, From Breast Feeding on Set to Male Insubordination
Power Women Lunch Toronto: “It’s extremely important that our children see the work we do,” director Patricia Rozema says
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Male Movie Critics Outnumber Women Nearly 4 to 1, New Study Says
82 percent of top critics on Rotten Tomatoes were also white
